Given Asia s growing influence, the world should pay attention and may have much to gain.

Russian policy, based on immediate monetary gain and a hope of diplomatic influence, is dangerously short sighted.

Cosmetics, like all luxury products, gain influence not from their production, or even their purchase, but from their visibility.

The waning influence of Istanbul in the Gulf forced it to make concessions without much to gain in return.

So the challenge remains to devise a response that will gain widespread international backing and influence North Korean behavior and capabilities.

But it will take some time before the new migrants gain decisive political influence, and the problems of Iran and Russia for Europe require immediate attention.

As regional conflicts are increasingly defined along Sunni Shia lines, it is becoming more difficult for Shia dominated Iran to gain influence in Sunni majority countries.

These measures will influence sustainability as they will offer a business incentive for companies to adopt sustainable practices (and then gain access to the marketing advantages offered), and as they will influence consumers' behaviour by giving higher visibility to these products.

Sarkozy's decision has put France in a position to gain influence in the alliance and increase the pace of NATO s reform, while at the same time strengthening the ESDP.

In 2002, the conference From teenage mother to career pill' was held, the aim being to gain a better understanding of the circumstances and cultural differences that influence these opposing choices.

The term political science first became popular in the late eighteenth century to distinguish it from all the partisan tracts whose purpose was to gain votes and influence rather than pursue the truth.

Obviously, a country whose currency represents a significant proportion of world reserves can gain international power from that position, thanks to easier terms for economic adjustment and the ability to influence other countries.

While Palestine would gain economically, Israel would gain politically and socially.

Turkey was wrong to try to gain wider influence in the Middle East by working with the region s revolutionary forces.It is far wiser for Turkey to make common cause with the region s responsible forces.

Coming before the Indian elections, it was meant to set India and Pakistan against each other, allowing the Islamist influence in Pakistan at least to survive or at most to gain control of the State.

Unlike majority influence, minority influence can rarely influence others through normative social influence because the majority is indifferent to the minority's perspective of them.

Because insiders gain the full benefits that arise through lobbying for lax corporate governance rules, while their firms bear most of the costs of such lobbying, insiders have an advantage in the competition for influence over politicians.

The Gain in Spain

Financial Gain, Economic Pain

Who stood to gain?

Europe s Pain without Gain

Women gain more visibility

As an anti status quo power, Iran is not pursuing nuclear capabilities in order to destroy Israel, but to gain prestige and influence in a hostile environment and as a shield for its challenge to the regional order.

But first in Denmark, then in the Netherlands, and now in Sweden, illiberal, populist parties stirring up fear of immigrants specifically Muslim immigrants have managed to gain enough power to set, or at least influence, their countries political agendas.

People pray as earnestly to gain evil as one should to gain virtue . But people are hasty .

People pray as earnestly to gain evil as one should to gain virtue . But people are hasty .

Arab artistic influence in Sicily mirrors the Lombard influence in the Mezzogiorno.

Truly , you love immediate gain

Truly , you love immediate gain

(c) Net gain on exchange.

We influence our friends who in their turn influence their friends, meaning that our actions can influence people we have never met.

If a trilateral Northeast Asian FTA can be concluded, the three countries would be able to generate more market demand domestically at a time of weak demand from the West, and would gain greater influence in the global political economy.

Minority and majority influence combined There is evidence to suggest that it is possible for minority influence and majority influence to work together.

The group's influence on comedy has been compared toThe Beatles' influence on music.

Trading in influence

No Pain, No Gain for Britain?

One country s gain is another s loss.

Bondholders gain when interest rates fall.

Will America s Pain be China s Gain?

Give not , thinking to gain greater

And show no favor seeking gain .

Advocacy strives to influence a program or policy either directly or indirectly therefore, the influence is being evaluated, rather than the results of that influence.

There are at least three possibilities One possibility is that, as I gain weight, it causes you to gain weight.

We can influence behavior.

They will lose influence.